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Windows 7: Backing up drivers before Win 7 reinstall

I'm looking into doing a repair reinstall of Win 7. In preparation I've been doing a bit of checking on the Internet. Time and again I see the warning to back up drivers; the last one I looked at said:

Still best to start with drivers from your PC manufacturer website and/or from your device vendors. But if your network adapter doesn't work after reinstall or other drivers still come up missing having a backup copy of all your drivers on a flash drive is quite helpful

Backing up drivers before Win 7 reinstall

Backing up my drivers before reinstallHow do I go about backing up my drivers? I thought there was a folder that held just the drivers, guess not. I then looked in the device manager to see if they could be downloaded from there???
Is there some kind of software that can help ferret out the drivers I will actually need after a...

Drivers

How should I reinstall printer/drivers?Just went from XP to a new Dell W7. I have a multi-function printer that used CD drivers on XP, but with W7, I had to install the printer with Windows Update and a scan utility from the manufacturer's web site. All of a sudden after a month, I can't scan, so I want to uninstall/reinstall the...

Drivers

Win7 Clean Install; backing up OEM drivers firstHi,
I'm interested in testing out a clean install of Win7 HP, and get rid of the bloatware riddled OEM Win7 version. (Got that advice from *GreGrocker* and I'm beginning to experience I should follow that lead.) Win7 SP1 Clean Install should be able to detect all details of my hardware and...

Installation & Setup

Reinstall All DriversWhat is the correct way to uninstall and install all my drivers? I am being plagued with corrupt drivers and would like to uninstall all of them and go back to the original ones. My issue is if I go to device manager and uninstall the device (checking uninstall drivers) wont the computer crash?
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Drivers

Do I need to reinstall drivers?I just purchased a GTX 470 and would like to know if I need to reinstall my drivers. I'm still going to use my 9800 GT but the drivers for it are exactly the same as the drivers for the GTX 470 on NVIDIA's site. Do I still need to reinstall or can I just plug and play?

Graphic Cards

Backing Up DriversI currently use XP. Before I install Win 7, I want to backup my drivers on a DVD. Where do I go to do that?